Century Dispatch
February 1
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1927
When a Millionaire "Daddy" Met a 16-Year-Old Girl: The Scandalous Browning Trial of 1927
New Britain herald (New Britain, Conn.)
1926
The Great Tax Battle of 1926, 94 Die Underground, and the Case of the Homesick Horse
The Montgomery advertiser (Montgomery, Ala.)
1906
The Rare Voice That Survived America's Boarding School System
The Oglala light ([Pine Ridge, S.D.])
1896
Britain's PM Apologizes to America—And Admits Empire Can't Fix Everything (Feb. 1, 1896)
Waterbury Democrat (Waterbury, Conn.)
1886
Heartbreak in the Cabinet: Secretary of State's Wife Dies of Grief, Shuts Down Washington Society
Savannah morning news (Savannah)
1876
1876 Augusta: When Fresh Oysters Cost 40¢ & Oysters Would Nearly Vanish Forever
Daily Kennebec journal (Augusta, Me.)
1866
Congress Just Laid a Constitutional Trap for the South—And Sewing Machines Saved a Marriage
Baltimore daily commercial (Baltimore, Md.)
1865
February 1, 1865: 'FREEDOM TRIUMPHANT' — The Day Congress Voted to End Slavery Forever
New-York daily tribune (New-York [N.Y.])
1864
Inside New Orleans: How the Union Seized Control of the South's Churches & What a General's Son Did in a Bedroom at 2 AM
Worcester daily spy (Worcester [Mass.])
1863
What New York Asked About in 1863: Cotton Gins, Steamships, and Hand Cream (While the War Raged On)
Sunday dispatch (New York [N.Y.])
1862
When America went to war, Worcester kept reading about French murders—and selling winter coats at discount
Worcester daily spy (Worcester [Mass.])
1861
Tears in the Senate: Jefferson Davis Says Goodbye Before the War (Feb. 1, 1861)
The weekly pioneer and Democrat (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory)
1856
Inside the Port That Built a Nation: 100-Year-Old Shipping Schedules Reveal Antebellum New Orleans at Peak Power
New Orleans daily crescent ([New Orleans, La.])
1846
A Newspaper Full of Ships: How America Moved People Across the Atlantic in 1846
The New York herald (New York [N.Y.])
1836
Inside a 1836 Virginia Paper: Patent Medicine Miracles, Dental House Calls, and the Slave Auction Next Door
Lynchburg Virginian (Lynchburg [Va.])

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